I, of course, work at Blockbuster, and a few months ago a guy named Christian was hired. When introduced, I promptly burst into song singing, “Christiiiiiiian! Christiiian!”, earning me odd looks from my co-workers. I later told all you wieners about it, and it seemed to strike a chord, as other people came forward with the odd little ways in which wrestling has penetrated their real lives.

Well... it happened again to me last night. It was roughly 11:57 p.m., and a couple walked in the door. The manager on duty, Jennifer, called out to them, “You've got about three minutes!”

I just about died laughing, and no one could understand why. I kept imagining two huge Samoans suddenly appearing behind the customers and beating the hell out of them.

Working in the TV biz, everything seems to be a "gimmick," a story has an "angle" to it, reporters get "booked" to do certain stories, certain on-air people get a "push" and some don't...the list goes on and on.

To the point where a buddy who's been watching the squared circle longer than I have always yells at me about it. If I've ticked him off, I've done my duty to humanity.

Hell, I've always thought of describing WWII in wrestling terms. Imagine: Germany and the USSR start out as a heel tag team, totally squashing jobbers (Poland), and sending the top babyface (Great Britain) running...until Germany turns heel-er on the USSR with a vicious chairshot (the Nazi invasion of the USSR.) USSR turns face by default, and forms bond with babyface Britain. Meanwhile, Germany heel associate Japan (think X-Pac, maybe?) Pearl Harbors the non-involved USA, bringing him into the title feud. (Kinda like how Hogan got a piece of Savage's rise up the WWF card back in the day.) Mega-Powers formed (USA, USSR, Britain), and heels job cleanly.

Of course, there's tension in the baby team, and THE MEGA-POWERS EXPLODE! (USA/USSR Cold War.)

I'm such a loser. I randomly write Kurt Angle facts in the employee journal at work. This week they decided to play a cruel joke by telling me that one of them had read on the internet that Kurt had badly injured himself at a house show and would be out for 8 months. I, of course, immediately called the boyfriend at home and he soothed my fears.

I think happy Kurt Angle thoughts at work. No, not those kind of thoughts (not that there's anything wrong with that). I work in a grocery store as a Service Clerk--the guy up front who packs bags, collects baskets, grabs buggies, wraps flowers, does price checks, etc. Anyway, as a result I deal with a lot of customers and their issues/problems/complaints during the day. Whenever I get a really annoying one or one that I'm fairly sure is trying to rip us off, I stop focussing on them. I remember that happy customers = sales = store revenue= continued salary = money to buy wrestling tapes = chances to see Kurt Angle goodness anytime I want in the comfort of my own home. So, I just thought you'd like to know I take your philosopy to heart, Ana.

Hey, that's a good point. I'll have to remember that when I'm annoyed at work.

But I still think it was pretty evil for my coworkers to trick me like that. To think we might have been deprived of 8 months of Kurt putting on excellent matches like they were as easy as tying his shoes.. would have been a great tragedy indeed.

Originally posted by Ana NgHey, that's a good point. I'll have to remember that when I'm annoyed at work.

But I still think it was pretty evil for my coworkers to trick me like that. To think we might have been deprived of 8 months of Kurt putting on excellent matches like they were as easy as tying his shoes.. would have been a great tragedy indeed.

I remember the day I found out Benoit was out for months...my boss Norm (a huge Rock fan) teased me about it for weeks afterwards!

A few days back at the ol Disney Store, I forgot that one of my managers, Allison, wasn't making the schedules anymore when I was requesting a day off. I then went off about how she didn't have enough "stroke" and everyone looked at me like an idiot. Then again, I would have gotten those looks anyhoo. They all know I'm a huge wrestling fan and also know full well that I will talk about it at the drop of a hat.